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Far Be It From Me To Paint A Rosy Picture Of The Future...but I Should Be Failing In My Duty If, On The Other Side, I Were Not To Convey The True Impression, That This Great Nation Is Getting Into Its War Stride.

-Winston Churchill

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Winston Churchill

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Far Be It From Me To Paint A Rosy Picture Of The Future...but I Should Be Failing In My Duty If, On The Other Side, I Were Not To Convey The True Impression, That This Great Nation Is Getting Into Its War Stride.

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He Looks Like A Female Llama Who Has Been Surprised In The Bath.

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Give Me The Facts, And I Will Twist Them The Way I Want, To Suit My Argument.

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A Study Of Disease-of Pestilences Methodically Prepared And Deliberately Launched Upon Man And Beast-is Certainly Being Pursue In The Laboratories Of More Than One Great Country. Blight To Destroy Crops, Anthrax To Slay Horses And Cattle, Plague To Poison Not Armies But Whole Districts - Such Are The Lines Along Which Military Science Is Remorselessly Advancing.

The Only Thing Wrong With Christianity Is The Lack Of Suffering.

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The Influence Exercised Over The Human Mind By Apt Analogies Is And Has Always Been Immense. Whether They Translate An Established Truth Into Simple Language Or Whether They Adventurously Aspire To Reveal The Unknown, They Are Among The Most Formidable Weapons Of The Rhetorician.

When You Have To Kill A Man, It Costs Nothing To Be Polite.

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The Old Wars Were Decided By Their Episodes Rather Than By Their Tendencies. In This War, The Tendencies Are Far More Important Than The Episodes.

A Lady Came Up To Me One Day And Said 'sir! You Are Drunk', To Which I Replied 'i Am Drunk Today Madam, And Tomorrow I Shall Be Sober But You Will Still Be Ugly.

There Is A Hush Over All Europe, Nay, Over All The World. Alas! It Is The Hush Of Suspense, And In Many Lands It Is The Hush Of Fear. Listen! No, Listen Carefully, I Think I Hear Somethingyes, There It Was Quite Clear. Dont You Hear It? It Is The Tramp Of Armies Crunching The Gravel Of The Paradegrounds, Splashing Through Rain-soaked Fields, The Tramp Of Two Million German Soldiers And More Than A Million Italiansgoing On Maneuversyes, Only On Maneuvers!

Maybe" When It Seems The Entire World Is Shouting "no!

Make For The Children An Evening Of Happiness In A World Of Storm. Let The Children Have Their Night Of Fun And Laughter... Resolved That By Our Daring, These Same Children Shall Not Be Denied Their Right To Live In A Free And Decent World.

Vast And Fearsome As The Human Scene Has Become, Personal Contact Of The Right People, In The Right Places, At The Right Time, May Yet Have A Potent And Valuable Part To Play In The Cause Of Peace Which Is In Our Hearts.

I Began My Education At A Very Early Age; In Fact, Right After I Left College.

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And You, Madam, Are Ugly. But I Shall Be Sober In The Morning.

Expert Knowledge Is Limited Knowledge

Limited Knowledge

All I Want Is Compliance With My Wishes, After Reasonable Discussion.

This Movement Among The Jews Is Not New... This World-wide Conspiracy For The Overthrow Of Civilisation And For The Reconstitution Of Society On The Basis Of Arrested Development, Of Envious Malevolence, And Impossible Equality, Has Been Steadily Growing... It Has Been The Mainspring Of Every Subversive Movement During The Nineteenth Century.

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Success Consists Of Going From Failure To Failure Without Loss Of Enthusiasm.

Men Often Stumble Onto The Truth But Then Quickly Dust Themselves Off And Hurry Away.

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